#ArpitAgrawalShortStories

She entered the room wearing a pitch blue sari and a matching bindi on her forehead. Two of her cousin sisters were accompanying her. That’s the first time I saw the prettiest face which I will see for the rest of my life. That’s the face I want to see before I take the last breath.

‘Let’s leave boy and girl alone to talk for some time’ said our parents and send us to the terrace.

‘Do you love somebody from earlier?’ I asked. ‘If she will say ‘Yes’, I will not be able to marry her’ I thought.

‘Yes,’ she said and looked straight into my eyes. My heart skipped a beat. I sensed like I am having a divorce even before my wedding.

‘Who is that guy?’ I asked.

‘I fell in love with you when I saw your snap for the first time’ she replied.

Love, at first sight, is not confined to the college campus, it happens in arranged marriages too.

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